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The area of downtown Portland known as Chinatown/Old Town wasn’t the first place settled by Chinese immigrants in Portland. This weekend, I took a walking tour of Portland’s Chinatown with local cultural group The Dill Pickle Club. Besides visiting Chinatown ...

The area of downtown Portland known as Chinatown/Old Town wasn’t the first place settled by Chinese immigrants in Portland. This weekend, I took a walking tour of Portland’s Chinatown with local cultural group The Dill Pickle Club. Besides visiting Chinatown ...

The former home of the Dirty Duck is targeted for demolition to clear space for a LEED-certified homeless shelter, though an advisory panel may recommend saving the World War I-era structure. The Dirty Duck building, located at the corner of ...

A new eatery and watering hole is moving into a former restaurant space in Old Town/Chinatown. Couture, a bar and lounge at the corner of Northwest Couch Street and Fourth Avenue will have its grand opening Tuesday, Dec. 22. Premier ...

Developers of a project to build an Uwajimaya Asian grocery store in Old Town/Chinatown have at least one big hurdle to clear before they can move forward: securing an additional $2 million for the Waterfront urban renewal area.

The building at 88 N.W. Davis St. was designed by E.B. McNaughton and featured impressive brickwork when it was constructed in 1911 as the Globe Hotel. Transient workers were some of the hotel’s guests.